Service Details
Name:
 ODENDAAL
Given Name:
 IZAK JOHANNES MEYER
Initials:
 I J M
Service No:
 202918V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Major
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 31 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-08-17
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Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), exploded in mid-air over Warsaw, Poland while dropping supplies to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW248
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 17 September 1943 pg. 4131
Additional
Information:
Son of Dirk Cornelis and Catharina Agatha Odendaal, of Harrismith, Orange Free State. Born Berwick, Harrismith District. On Harrismith War Memorial, Free State
Commemoration
Country:
 Poland
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Cemetery:
 KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 1. B. 7.

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